Where does “unfrighten” come from?

unfrighten (English) comes from English frighten, from Middle English *frightenen.

unfrighten (English): To make a person no longer frightened

Definitions

  1. To make a person no longer frightened

Ancestry of “unfrighten”, step by step

unfrighten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English frighten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfrightenTo cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel...
2Middle English*frightenen—

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Middle English *frightenen →Every word from English frighten →